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King Harbor threw some wild conditions at our sailors! With no racing on Saturday, the race committee was poised to sail hard on Sunday. With 6 races in the bank, Team SBYSF rider, Ryan Satterberg won the 6th Carrie Series of the 16-17' season! Shoutout to Jon Seawards (3rd) and Aston Smith (6th).
Additionally, Ryan Satterberg took home the overall Carrie Series win! Congrats to Ryan on a phenomenal performance.
Congrats to Team SBYSF sailors: Oliver Stokke, Zoey Ziskind, Liam Andresen and Blake Behrens for winning the Sanguinetti Opti Team Race! Finishing the final round robin with an undefeated 3-0 record, including a must win race against Cal YC 1. Our sailors prevailed is an overall record of 12 wins and 3 losses.
Team SBYSF headed north to San Francisco for the second installment of the Opti Harken Series on April 8-9th. Hosted by San Francisco YC and sailed on the infamous Berkley Circle, our sailors we're prepared for a great event.
After a long tow to the Circle, our team tuned up in preparation for race 1. At 1200 noon, sailors were greeted to classic SF conditions with breeze in the high teens and a big ebb tide! Shifty conditions and large chop made for tough sailing.
Day two started with the current velocity > breeze. After our tow to the course our Team stayed anchored on the coachboat to avoid float out to the Golden Gate! After a hour of AP the breeze filled and sailors finished the last four races of the regatta.
At the end of the weekend SBYSF Team Rider Ryan Satterberg displayed superior boatspeed, winning the event with 12 points. Second place had 24. Team SBYSF sailors Oliver Stokke place 6th, and Liam Andresen placed 9th.
On March 18-19, Team SBYSF hit the road for the Carries Series #5 hosted by Morro Bay YC. The Big Rock Regatta is a tricky venue with tons of current and shifty breeze. We also use the event as SBYSF's annual family camp out! Team members, parents, and coaches pitch their tents and light up the campfires at the local campgrounds.
At the end of the weekend Team SBYSF occupied 4 spots of the top ten! Ryan Satterberg (2nd), Liam Andresen (4th), Blake Behrens (6th), and Oliver Stokke (9th).
Team SBYSF headed down to California YC on Feb. 25-26th for the first installment of the Harken Opti Series. The Harken Series is a four event series sailed between Southern California and San Francisco.
After two days of tough racing, SBYSF's Ryan Satterberg took the overall victory! Oliver Stokke placed 2nd overall, Blake Behrens was 5th and Liam Andresen placed 7th.
SBYSF also took home top honors in the Green Fleet with sailor Carly Keiding!
Coinciding with the San Diego NOOD Regatta, our team consisting of: Lucas Pierce, Ryan Eastwood, Chris Kayda, Payne Donaldson and Kris Ozolins bested two other youth teams to claim the SoCal Regional J/70 Youth Title! The boys finished an impressive 10th overall in a talented field of boats including multiple world champions.
With their win, Team SBYSF will head to Newport, RI this summer for the J/70 Youth Championship. Teams from around the country will compete for the chance to be chartered a brand new J/70 for the following year!
October 31, 2016 - Congratulations to Team SBYSF sailor Lucas Pierce for placing 2nd at the High School Singlehanded National Championship! Shout out to Caden Scheiblauer for placing 7th as the only sophomore at the regatta! The boys earned 2/4 qualifying berths from the PCISA district and we’re 2/18 sailors in the country to qualify for the regatta.
Congrats to Blake Behrens for winning the 2016 Goblin Regatta/Carrie Series #1! Shout outs to Team SBYSF Riders: Liam Andresen (5th), Zoey Ziskind (7th) and Oliver Stokke (9th) for placing in the top ten. All the hard work and effort everyone has been putting in at practice is paying off and we are cementing ourselves as a top west coast team!
Great Green Fleet showing as well! Congrats to: Aston Smith (1st overall!) and Carly Keiding (2nd!).
Thank you to all the volunteers who made this event happen, especially Regatta Chairman Jeff Seawards! Thanks to coaches: Jack Barton, Sarah Schaupeter, Travis Benton and Nick Kaschak for your support.
Results:
Champ Fleet
Green
